Mission

To ensure that all students from kindergarten through 12th grade benefit from a guaranteed and viable common curriculum and assessment program in college readiness, STEM and literacy that properly prepares them for high school, college, careers, and beyond.

Goals

1. Establish a guaranteed and viable curriculum and assessment program through an aligned K-12 scope and sequence in STEM and literacy.

2. Use data to monitor individual student growth and achievement to identify need for academic interventions and enrichments as early as possible.

3. Redirect resources to classroom instruction and services that support students to be ready for high school and college.

4. Develop parent-school partnerships by inviting and allowing parents to become primary participants in their children’s education.

5. Expand teachers’ leadership capacity by providing all school employees with the skills to help students succeed.

District 67, District 69, NTDSE #807 and District 219 have entered into a historic agreement to make sure that all elementary students will be college and career ready. This partnership ensures that all District 67, District 67, and NTDSE #807 families will have a consistent, family-friendly school experience from the time a child enters Kindergarten to the day they graduate high school.

The high school and elementary districts will work together closely to make sure that every student has learned key, specific academic concepts at the appropriate grade level before moving on to the next grade. Teachers will help students and their parents monitor their individual progress so they know if they are on track to succeed. If not, their teachers will implement specific interventions to help the students achieve the targeted outcomes.

Collaborative for Curriculum is a pilot project that is meant to develop curricular initiatives and best practice methods that can be implemented by other sender school elementary districts in Niles Township.

The districts will focus on the K-12 core curriculum of Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM), and Literacy. D219 has created the following administrative positions:

• Executive Director of K-12 STEM and Literacy
• Director of K-8 Literacy
• Director of K-12 Mathematics
• Director fo K-8 Science
• Instructional Coordinators

These curriculum leaders will work with CFC partner districts to align curriculum and instruction to the Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards.

CFC Timeline

 

 

August 14, 2014	District 219 approves Classrooms First Intergovernmental Agreement
August 19, 2014	District 69 votes to join Classrooms First
May 2015	Eureka Math curricular program chosen
June 2, 2015	Summer Enrichment program begins
July 28-30, 2015	Eureka Math Regional Conference held at Niles North
July 30, 2015	District 67 votes to join Classrooms First
August 4, 2015	D219 approves Classrooms First Agreement with District 67
August 2015	STEM Modules are taught at all grade levels (K–5)
July 27-29, 2016	Eureka Math Regional Conference held at Niles North
October 25th, 2016	First Literacy Leadership Team meeting
August 2017	Writers Workshop model of instruction utilized at all grade levels K–8
March 2018	Grades 6-8 adopt the TCI science curricular program
August 2018	Fountas and Pinnell Classroom implemented for reading instruction in Grades PreK–3
August 2018	Schoolwide reading implemented for reading instruction in grades 5–8 (Golf) and 6–8 (Lincoln Jr. High)
January 2019	Math teachers from Niles Township middle schools, junior high schools, and high schools form Township Algebra in order to create a fully articulated Algebra 1 course
March 2019	Niles Township District for Special Education joins CFC
August 2019	Mystery Science materials provided for grades K–5
April 2020	D219 Board of Education approves additional CFC staffing
June 2020	Summer Algebra I program for incoming 9th graders piloted with CFC partners
October 2020	Science teachers from Niles Township middle schools, junior high schools, and high schools form Township Science in order to align science curricula to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and implement the NGSS Science and Engineering Practices
Fall 2021	Science Curriculum Leaders begin meeting to review science materials aligned to NGSS.
Spring 2022	Science Curriculum Leaders begin piloting science curriculum materials.
Spring 2023	Science Curriculum Leaders recommend Amplify Science for Adoption.
Winter 2024	D219 board approves new intergovernmental agreement for CFC.  D67 and D69 renew their commitment.
Summer 2025	Literacy Curriculum Leaders begin meeting to review literacy materials aligned to the Illinois Comprehensive Literacy Plan.
August 2025	D219 board approves a new partnership agreement with Skokie D68.
March 2026	D219 board approves a new partnership agreement with Skokie D73.5.
Spring 2026	Literacy Curriculum Leaders recommend Great Minds:Arts & Letters (K-5) and HMH: Into Literature (6-8) for adoption.

 

Collaborative for Curriculum - Intergovernmental Agreement